Total Crime Rate

715.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 715.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 215.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 161.5 10/10
  • Public order 88.5 10/10
  • Drugs 80.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 69.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.3 10/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 6th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (L34 6HE) in the last 12 months was 715.4 per 1,000 residents and was 386.0% higher than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 315.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode L34 6HE, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Atherton Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in L34 6HE area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seddons Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Williams Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Williams Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Williams Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Atherton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Atherton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seddons Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Seddons Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Seddons Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Williams Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates' Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vicarage Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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